The rectangular tower, measuring approximately 11.58 metres north to south and 8.62 metres east to west, occupies what antiquarian Thomas Westropp once described as one of the finest natural defensive positions in the peninsula. Though he believed the site perfect for an ancient promontory fort, no traces of fortifications predating the tower house have been found. Today, a modern concrete bridge connects the promontory to the mainland, replacing whatever crossing method medieval inhabitants might have used.

The tower house bears the architectural hallmarks of its O’Mahony builders, one of the prominent Gaelic families who controlled much of this region during the medieval period. Two doorways, positioned one above the other near the northern end of the eastern wall, provided separate access to the ground and first floors. The defensive nature of the structure is evident in its fenestration; a single ogee-headed window pierces the north wall, whilst the remaining window openings are square-headed, most now fitted with modern frames. At the base of the north wall, a blocked opening marks where a garderobe chute once expelled waste directly into the sea below, a common feature in coastal fortifications of this period.

The tower has undergone considerable renovation and now serves as a summer residence, breathing new life into this centuries-old structure. While this modern adaptation has preserved the building from ruin, it has also limited public access to the interior, leaving many of its internal features undocumented in recent surveys. The transformation from medieval stronghold to holiday home represents a common fate for Ireland’s tower houses; those that survived the centuries often did so by finding new purposes rather than remaining as monuments to a vanished way of life.